By 1000 B.C., the Assyrians, who had established a powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia, gained the upper hand. But despite periods of stable rule, Babylon would always fall to someone else.

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Babylon represents the expression of the creativity of the Neo-Babylonian Empire at its height. "The city's association with one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Hanging Gardens ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between 2,600 and 2,900 years ago. The Imago Mundi (tablet) provided the ...